Collar and tie guide and holder



April 8, 1953 L. c. CHURCHILL 2,636,179

COLLAR AND TIE GUIDE AND upwm Filed Ma 28, 195

INVEN TOR.

'idam Patented Apr. 28, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLAR AND TIE GUIDE AND HOLDER Lee 0. Churchill, Walla Walla, Wash.

Application May 28, 1951, Serial No. 228,595

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a collar and tie guide and holder.

One object of my invention is to produce a holder which will keep a. tie and collar in correct position.

Another object is to form such a guide which will allow the collar to be unbuttoned, thus adding to the comfort of the wearer.

A further object is to make a guid which obviates knotting of the tie thus prolonging its life.

These and other objects are accomplished by the means shown in the accompanying drawings, fully set forth in the following description, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of the cut out blank for my holder prior to bending it into shape.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my holder after it has been brought to final shape.

Fig. 3 is a front View of my holder in position, the collar and tie being shown by dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a side view, partly in section, of my holder, tie and collar in assembled position, a portion of the shirt front also showing.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, my holder has a main part I with a parallel narrow lower portion 2 and a gradually widening upper portion 3. This main part I is connected by a reverse bend portion I to a front 5 with a turned over lip 6. At each side the front 5 has a rearwardly extending L-shaped arm 1. Each of these arms has not far from its front an inwardly and upwardly turned U-shaped lug 8. The ends 9 of the L-shaped arms extend up under th collar to where it turns over from the neck band of the shirt. The portion 5 crowds the tie into the space between the collar wings. The U-shaped lugs 8 engage the neck encircling part of th tie and keep it in place in reference to the collar. The lip 6 in conjunction with the upper crest I0 of the reverse bend 4 brings the outer fold of the tie to the front.

At the point where the portion 3 begins to widen from the narrow parallel portion 2 are a pair of parallel rearwardly extending arms II standing at right angles to the main part I. These arms hold the narrow or tail portion of the tie which lies between them. Each of these arms has at its end an outwardly extending barb I2 to engage the under side of the upper tie fold.

Near its end the narrow parallel portion 2 has rearwardly extending barbs I3 to engage the tail end of the tie. The end of thenarrow portion 2 has an outwardly turned finger grip ll to facilitate pushing the holder up under the shirt collar.

The use of the holder is simple. The tie is passed around the neck band underneath the collar. in the usual manner, the large portion then being passed under the narrow or tai1" Iortlon so as to cross it once and the two por- 2 tions being drawn to the desired tension, the tail being held by the usual tie clasp. The holder is then applied, its arms II being made to engage the tail" or narrow portion of the tie, and the front 5 being made to engage the shirt in the space between the collar wings, while the arms 1 contact that portion of the tie which encircles the neckband, all as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. From these figures it will also be seen that the U-shaped lugs 8 engage the tie to help keep the holder in place. The barb I3 at the end of the holder's narrow portion 2 are then pressed into locking engagement with the underlying narrow end of the tie, thus preventing the holder from slipping down. Finally, the broad overlying portion of the tie is placed over the lip 6 on the front 5 and pulled down over the crest I0, its side margins being made to engage the outwardly projecting barbs I2 on the arms II. After passing over the end I4 of the holder, the broad end of th tie is gripped by the usual tie clasp to the shirt.

It will thus be seen that the use of my holder requires but one crossing of the tie and obviates the tying of any knot or passing a portion through a loop. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A device of the character described comprising an elongated relatively narrow lower panel having parallel sides, an upwardly and outwardly tapered panel formed integrally with the upper end of said lower panel, a rearwardly extending leg formed integrally with each side of the lower portion of the tapered panel, a base panel, a U-shaped member integrally interconnecting the upper end of the tapered panel and the lower end of said base panel, a pair of rearwardly extending arcuate arms each formed integrally with one side of said base panel, an upwardly extending dog formed integrally with the free end of each of said arcuate arms, a pair of inwardly extending U-shaped guide members each formed integrally with the central portion of the lower edge of one of said arcuate arms, all of said members being formed of a single blank of fiat material, and a barb carried upon the inner side of the free end of each leg member and said lower panel.

LEE C. CHURCHILL.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,450,152 Frederick Mar. 27, 1923 1,638,809 Johnson Aug. 9, 1927 2,424,580 Pennock July 29, 1947 2,545,322 Tupy Mar. 13, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 561,261 Great Britain May 11, 1944 

